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Biome Quiz Practice

AP Environmental Science South Sevier High School

Question 1 1.  What biome is this?

A.  Taiga B.  Cold Desert C.  Savanna D.  Warm Desert

Question 2 2. What biome is this?

A.  Boreal Forest B.  Cold Desert C.  Prairie D.  Warm Desert

Question 3 3. What biome is this?

A.  Boreal Forest B.  Tundra C.  Prairie D.  Taiga

Question 4 4. What biome is this?

A.  Boreal Forest B.  Deciduous Forest C.  Prairie D.  Taiga

Question 5

5. What biome is this? A.  Boreal Forest B.  Deciduous Forest C.  Temperate Rainforest D.  Tropical Rainforest

Hint: Washington State

Question 6 6. What biome is this?

A.  Boreal Forest B.  Deciduous Forest C.  Coniferous Forest D.  Taiga

Question 7 7. What biome is this?

A.  Taiga B.  Deciduous Forest C.  Chaparral D.  Savanna

Question 8 8. What biome is this?

A.  Boreal Forest B.  Deciduous Forest C.  Chaparral D.  Tropical Rainforest

Question 9 9. What biome is this?

A.  Coral Reef B.  Open Ocean C.  Pelagic Zone D.  Benthos Zone

Question 10 10. What biome is this?

A.  Estuary B.  Swamp C.  Mangrove D.  Marsh

Question 11 11. What biome is this?

A.  Estuary B.  Swamp C.  Mangrove D.  Marsh

Question 12 12. What biome is this?

A.  Cold Desert B.  Hot Desert C.  Chaparral D.  Swamp

Question 13 13. What biome is this?

A.  Cold Desert B.  Hot Desert C.  Chaparral D.  Boreal Forest

Question 15

15. Which biome below would be the coldest?

A.  Estuary B.  Tundra C.  MangroveHint D.  H

Hint: Elk, Moose, Deer

Question 16

16. What environmental factors are the most important in the determination of the location of a biome?

Question 17

17. Which biome has the greatest biodiversity?

Question 18

18. Which biome makes up most of the Eastern United States?

Question 19

19. Which African biome would you be in if you saw elephants, giraffes, and lions in the wild?

Question 20

20. The open ocean (hundreds of miles from shore) is referred to as an aquatic rainforest because of the large amounts of biodiversity found there.

A.  True B.  False

Question 21

21. What biome to we live in here in Monroe, Utah?

Question 22

22. What biome covers most of Northern Canada?

Question 23

23. What type of forest exists in high mountain areas where fog and mists keep things constantly wet?

Question 24

24. What is the name of the predominate biome in California (Spanish for thicket)?

Question 25

25. If the average rainfall in an area is around 4-5 feet per year, and the temperature varies only +/-9.5 degrees, what biome would you be in?

Question 26

26. What is the typical biome found circumventing the Earth at 80N degrees latitude?

Question 27

27. What biome covers most of Greenland? A.  Tundra B.  Boreal Forest C.  Tropical Rainforest D.  Snow and Ice

Question 30

30. Name one important feature (from an ecological standpoint) of swamps, marshes, bogs, and fens.

32. The picture below depicts what climatic condition?

Monroe, Utah You are here!

Question 34

34. What biome would you be in if the trees where growing right in the water, and an alligator was chomping on your foot?

Question 35 35.  Look at the picture. This is an

example where two distinct biomes meet. This area is called a/an ________.

A.  Ecosystem B.  Ecotone C.  Estuary D.  Continental Divide

Question 36

36. What biome makes up most of Japan? A.  Tropical Rainforest B.  Temperate Deciduous Forest C.  Cold Desert D.  Grassland

Question 37

37. What biome would you be in if you visited Brazil?

Question 38

38. What biome would you be in if you went to Kenya?

Question 40

40. What biome would you be in if you visited Central Mexico?